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Eight is Enough VR-Zone: Intel's Extreme series Z77 motherboard specs revealed AnandTech's MSI Big Bang-Xpower II X79 review - a world of...

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Microsoft is cleaning house, it sounds like. We found out this morning that the company might cut down on the number of OS editions with...

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Eight is Enough DigiTimes: Global HDD capactiy expected to be restored to 80% in 1Q12 Jon Peddie Research: Q4 graphics shipments increased...

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Now, this could simply be a placeholder, not a genuine list of the upcoming Windows 8 editions. Still, it's an interesting slip-up by HP. As...

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This week in the roundup, we bring tidings of fresh product launches from ASRock, PowerColor, Thermaltake, and Spire: ASRock and Fatal1ty...

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Ever wanted a peek into the factories where Apple products are made? Well, you're in luck. ABC's Bill Weir has posted an 18-minute report...

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Eight is Enough Ars Technica: Intel ventures further into the foundry business with 22nm customers Adobe and Google partnering for Flash Player...

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Although most 2.5" hard drives measure 9.5 mm thick, ultraportables are increasingly using slimmer 7-mm models. Hitachi says it's shipped 25 million of the slender...

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7 Up What's keeping Mountain Lion off of some 64-bit Macs? Ars investigates VR-Zone: Intel's upcoming 7-series Media motherboards detailed VR-Zone: Qualcomm's

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Microsoft is extending an olive branch to stragglers. According to ComputerWorld, the company has quietly prolonged the support period for consumer editions of both...

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